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Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

Originally Posted by WellPlayed

All good points. Plus how would we cap their weather/ocean advantage?

Or Toronto's population/popularity?

While it sucks that TB gets a "discount" on top players, they're probably still not a team that will forever be able to run at the cap max, either. I mean, this is freaking Tampa Bay we're talking about, not NY or Boston or Toronto. If you want an "after-tax" cap, then you're probably also going to get a league where the cap is set at a level where Toronto can't spend more than Ottawa or Phoenix as well. You guys know that no matter what the cap is set at, you can afford to spend to that level. How many other teams can say the same?

Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

Originally Posted by UWHabs

Or Toronto's population/popularity?

While it sucks that TB gets a "discount" on top players, they're probably still not a team that will forever be able to run at the cap max, either. I mean, this is freaking Tampa Bay we're talking about, not NY or Boston or Toronto. If you want an "after-tax" cap, then you're probably also going to get a league where the cap is set at a level where Toronto can't spend more than Ottawa or Phoenix as well. You guys know that no matter what the cap is set at, you can afford to spend to that level. How many other teams can say the same?

Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

What am I missing?

When my time comes, I want to be burried face down, so that anyone that doesn't like me can kiss my ass.

How many staples did they put in his head? 13?,” Leiweke asks, getting more animated. “They sewed his head back together and he never missed a minute. He literally yelled at our trainer ‘Band-aid it, I’m going back in’. This is who we are at MLSE now, Michael Bradley."

Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

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Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

I assumed he meant the chalk candy.

When my time comes, I want to be burried face down, so that anyone that doesn't like me can kiss my ass.

How many staples did they put in his head? 13?,” Leiweke asks, getting more animated. “They sewed his head back together and he never missed a minute. He literally yelled at our trainer ‘Band-aid it, I’m going back in’. This is who we are at MLSE now, Michael Bradley."

Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

If Matthews stays healthy he'll lead the team in goals and points. It's easy to forget just how invisible Marner was in the 1st half of the season, but I don't think it's something we can just ignore and assume that he's got 82 games of consistent, elite production figured out yet. As for the Tavares factor, as has been pointed out here previously, the production gap per minute between Tavares and Kadri is much, much smaller than their reputation gap is.

Marner is really good, but Matthews is legitimately one of the best players in the league. Just needs to stay healthy.

The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is required to produce it.

Re: The Everything Auston Matthews thread

If Matthews stays healthy he'll lead the team in goals and points. It's easy to forget just how invisible Marner was in the 1st half of the season, but I don't think it's something we can just ignore and assume that he's got 82 games of consistent, elite production figured out yet. As for the Tavares factor, as has been pointed out here previously, the production gap per minute between Tavares and Kadri is much, much smaller than their reputation gap is.

Marner is really good, but Matthews is legitimately one of the best players in the league. Just needs to stay healthy.

The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is required to produce it.